2. The Minutes of the April meeting were approved as read.

3. Joe Branin introduced Angela Gooden, who is serving as the Libraries' current Resident Librarian.

4. Carol Diedrichs gave a PowerPoint presentation covering the Strategic Indicators that have been identified for University Libraries. The indicators that are being used are the following; where applicable, the relative ranking of OSUL among 10 other publicly-supported universities is indicated:

Personnel (8th)
Reference Transactions (1st)
Circulation Transactions (3rd)
Interlibrary Borrowing (1st)
Interlibrary Lending (3rd)
User Satisfaction with net.TUTOR
Total Volumes in the Collection (8th)
Number of Volumes Added Yearly (8th)
Currently Received Serial Titles (8th)
Total Acquisitions Expenditures (6th)
Operating Expenditures (Supplies, Services, and Salaries) (9th)
Library Total Expenditures (9th)
Library Budget as Percent of University Budget (7th out of 8)
Number of Articles Downloaded from the OhioLINK EJC
Dataware Database Usage
ARL Criteria Index (9th)

Members of the group commented that they would like to see more figures that demonstrated the impact of retrenchment and inflation; figures related to satisfaction levels would also be useful.

5. Wes Boomgaarden gave an update on the meetings that have been held with various groups on campus to discuss the restoration/renovation of the Main Librry building. He and Joe Branin have met with the Council on the Physical Environment and the Council on Student Affairs, as well as 12 departments from the Colleges of the Arts, Humanities and Social & Behavioral Sciences thus far. They expect to meet with the Council on Academic Affairs during the next academic year.

The questions and comments they have received have been quite revealing; most are not directed to the future, but rather to current concerns--heating/cooling and air quality are bad, the stacks are daunting and scary, the perception that books are missing, signage and furniture are bad, etc. Compliments have been received concerning the Depository Program, service being provided by librarians, the growth of Special Collections, and the Interlibrary Loan Program.

Among the observations that have been made are the following: The nature of scholarship is changing; there is much more interdisciplinary work being done, as well as a decrease in the need to physically go to the library; There needs to be more and better online access to materials in the Depository; Data are needed about current and projected use of the collections and services in Main Library; Consideration should be given to centralizing Humanities current periodicals and moving Social Sciences materials to EHS; Some suggest that if only the current footprint of the building is maintained, the renovation project is doomed to failure--to them,there must be significantly more square footage available.

Talks have begun with the Center for Survey Research concerning use of the OSU Poll as well as the use of mall intercept studies to obtain data about current and future use of the building.

Development of a clear vision of what the Main Library should be will take time; a core group composed of library personnel and others will stay with the issue during the Academic and Architectural Feasibility Studies, which will be carried on concurrently.

6. An election was held to select a Chair to preside at next year's meetings; Michael Scott will serve in that capacity for the next academic year.

Elizabeth Sawyers for
Joseph Branin